Secondary battery.



H. F. JOEL.

SECONDARY BATTERY.

APPLICATION FILED we. 1o,19o7.'

910,822 Patented Jan. 26, 1909.

(ill wh om m yv concern: i

' the following "is a specification.

U IT D waits caries.

HENRY'FRANCIS JOEL, OF FORE-ST GATE,ENGLAND;

sEcoN nAR BATTE Y.

i No. 910,822.: I

Be it h own that I, HENRY FRANCIS JOEL,

" a subject of the King of England, residing at I Forest Gate',in the county of EsseX,En'gland, I 5 have invented certaln new and' useful im- "provements in Secondary Batteries, of which Y This invention relates to improvements in secondary batteries in which cylindrical electrodes operate in (-ODJLUICUOII either with e'ach otliendire'ct, or through aninterposed p'orousseptum; and the object of the 1mprovement is toproduce spaces, channels, or

: ducts, between theelectrodes, orbetween the electrodes and the septum, whlch are lpenboth at their bottom and top ends, for ie-access and circulation of the electrolyte gand forthe expansion of the electrodes.

This object'is attained by the apparatus illustrateddn theaccompanying drawing, in

a which;

1 Figure], is asectional elevation ofa coinplete: cellhaving cylindrical electrodes with rojecting .grid bars and a porous septum. r 2 is ahoriz ontal sectionof Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a sectional elevation. of a positive electrode of the Plantc type surrounded as before by a septum and a negative electrode.

Fig. 4, is a horizontal section of Fig. 3. Fig. 5, is a Vi1n\"{mrtlyv lnsection showing a positlve electroc e with helical ridges and B 1g. 6, 1s a horlzontalscctlon of Flg. 5.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several vlews.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, the electrodes are cylindrical grids, the inner one marked B, having vertical pro ecting ribs 'A which PIOJGCt beyond the active material M (inchcated by the dotted area) and loosely fit against the cylindrical septum S, which divides them; active material is pasted on to the grids but its surface D is kept beneath that of the projecting ribs A so that channels C, C, are formed; these are open both at the top to the general body of the electrolyte and at the bot-tonrto the space E. An outer case R contains the electrodes, positive and negative, the porous stparatin tube S, and thelplectrolyte, the surface of which is shown at The sectional elevation of the grid B, is shown in dotted lines Fig. 1. The lower part b of the vertical ribs of B are left uncovered, to serve as a support for the electrode, and also to provide the space E, for the access of the electrolyte to thebottom inlets I, I, of the Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan. 26, 1909. Application filed August 10, i

1907. Serial no. 387,993!

channels 0, C. The grid B is arranged to fit easily inside the porous tube S, and the electrode may be'removed at any time. If any of the ridges A do not'to'uch the dporous tube the channels adjoining such ri ges become surfaces of the electrodes are so connected they become a continuous inclosed channel between the electrodes and the porous tube, or between the pairs of electrodes, concentric and annular in form which servesa similar-purpose to the divided surface channels.

Theribs A, of the grid B, alsoserve to centralize the electrodes and keep them in osition on the inside and on the outside'othe porous tube.

In the foregoing described cell the action of the electric current decom oses the electrolyte between the electro es in the inclosed ducts C, C, and as it is decomposed it is replaced by fresh electrolyte from the bottom of the cell at E. The gas evolved accumulates towards the upper ends of the ducts C, C and escapes through the outlets O, O. The gas in rising induces an upward flow in the electrolyte from the bottom of the cell at E, where the liquid is usually most dense, through the inlets I, I, as indicated by the arrows, and ducts C, C, to the upper art of thecell, where the electrolyte is less ense, and

thusit (the gas) assists in setting up an auX- iliary automatic circulation tending to equalize the electrolyte throughout the cell with connected and even if all the channels'on the central rod, filling in the spaces between these radiating ribs with active material molded to form recesses and channels in combination with the scribed.

Figs. 3 and 4 show a cell having a positive electrode of the Plant type, the disks L being preferably cut out of the solid along with the central supporting rod T the edges of the disks L are provided with alternate ridges and recesses one above the other so as to form vertical channels longitudinally of the electrode. T he disks .have spaces between them 'for the formation, or pasting, of the activcematerial on the surface of the plate as is well understood. The channels formed by the ridges and recesses in combination with the porous septum S provide room for the expansion ofthe active material and for the porous septum as deriment to the action of the trode and completely surrounded by the .ac-

tive material M which is molded WhllG: in a plastic state to form the pro'ecting ridges-A and channels 0. The ridges A ma .be either vertical, or they may be forme spirally around the electrode, the latter being'a convenient form to manufacture by twisting The same conwhile passing through a die. struction is applicable to the outside electrode if desire The inner electrode is *surrounded as shown b the porous tube S, and

the outside electro e may be either of the .Plant-ribbd lating, or of active material on a cylindric'a grid, with projections on the active material which form channels between it and the poroustube S.

I have referred to ribs or ridges but it will be readily understood that these ridges need not necessarily be continuous. For example they may be broken up into a series of projections or points without any great detbattery.

It is to be noted that while the electrodes and porous septa are combined for mutual support and action the electrodes can be inde endently formed, and the spaces provi ed for expansion allow of these being removed from the porous chambers if required.

' an substantially I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to porous septa, however, for it is evi- 40 -dent I may employ any suitable form of separator.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-

1. The combination in a secondary bat- ,tery, of cylindrical electrodes one disposed trodes so that approximately vertii'al (hath-- nels are formed on either side thereof, active material on the electrodes, and an electrolyte as and for the purpose forth. i

2. In a secondary battery and in COIllbllm tion, a cylindrical positive grid having vertical ribs projecting radially therefrom, a c lindrical negative grid concentrically disposed around the positive, rid and having inwardly rojecting vertica ribs, a porous cylindrical septum interposed between the grids, active material pasted on both grids, whose surface level is'ben'eath tlmt of tllr projecting ribs so that vertical channels are 'ormed on either side of the septum with openings at the bottom and at the top, and

an electrolyte, substantially as described herein.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence oftwo witnesses.

HENRY FRANCIS JOEL. Witnesses:

SYDNEY ELLIOTT PAGE, ARTHUR GUMMER. 

